The Bristol stool scale and its relationship to Clostridium difficile infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3437-3439

  Caroff, Daniel A ^a   Edelstein, Paul H ^b   Hamilton, Keith ^c   Pegues, David A ^c  

^a PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84906883566     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01303-14     Document Type: Article

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